Floor tiling in Rainham — porcelain, ceramic and natural stone. Subfloor levelled and decoupled where needed, laid flat, grouted properly.
Floors around Rainham range from solid ground floors to suspended timber to modern screed, and the preparation is completely different for each. It is the part of a tiled floor that costs the money and the part that decides whether it lasts.
Levelling compound on solid floors, overboarding on timber. A floor tile laid on a floor that flexes will crack, and it will not be the tile at fault which around Rainham could be solid, timber or new screed on the same street.
On a timber floor or over underfloor heating, an uncoupling membrane stops movement in the floor becoming cracks in the tile and each of those wants a different preparation entirely.
Planned so the full tiles run where you walk in and the cuts go to the edges so the run reads straight from the front door.
The right grout for the joint width, and natural stone sealed before and after so it does not drink the grout and sealed properly, which matters more in a damp riverside house.
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Not directly. Boards move and tiles do not, so it needs overboarding or an uncoupling membrane first. Skipping that is the single most common reason a tiled floor cracks a year later.
For a floor, generally yes. Porcelain is denser, harder and takes traffic better. Ceramic is fine on a wall and fine in a low-traffic floor, and it is cheaper.
Yes, and tiles are the best floor covering for it - they conduct rather than insulate. It needs an uncoupling membrane and a slow, controlled first heat-up, which we will explain.